S.Amdt. 820

SA 820. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in subtitle A of title XII, insert
the following:

SEC. 12__. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE HOST COUNTRY FOR
THE 2023 AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT
FORUM.

It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the African Growth and Opportunity Act Forum (referred
to in this section as the ``AGOA Forum''), which is required
to be held annually under section 5 of the African Growth and
Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3704), is an important opportunity
to foster close economic ties between the United States and
sub-Saharan Africa;
(2) the country selected to host the 2023 AGOA Forum should
reflect optimal adherence to the eligibility requirements set
forth in section 104 (a)(2) of such Act (19 U.S.C.
3703(a)(2)) that the country ``not engage in activities that
undermine United States national security or foreign policy
interests'';
(3) the recent actions of the Republic of South Africa in
contravention of United States national security and foreign
policy interests make that country an inappropriate venue for
the 2023 AGOA Forum; and
(4) the President should identify an alternative venue for
the 2023 AGOA Forum that is consistent with the spirit and
member eligibility criteria of the African Growth and
Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.).
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